The theater was packed, mostly with families that had little children. Our seats were in the third row. Carla the magician, clad in a tuxedo and top h...t, started with some standard tricks - card tricks, magic rings, mind reading - stuff you're used to. Then she moved on to some more interesting tricks - inflating a balloon and popping it, revealing a live dove inside. Causing a little girl from the audience to hover above everyone's head. She asked for a brave assistant from the audience, and a. Since getting Mr. Patel's permission to use this garden, I'd spent every spare minute in it, digging, weeding, hoeing and planting, I loved it."No Tommy it's anything but, just a garden, it's really beautiful."Then she squealed with delight when she saw my little barbecue. "Oh wow, a Barbie."Trying not to swell up too much, I told her how I'd built it with bricks I'd "borrowed" from a building site down the road and a grill I'd taken out of an old cooker I'd found dumped by the roadside. Anyone. I reached up and grabbed the next outfit and put it on. Pushed open the curtin , stepped out and checked myself out in the mirror. I went back to the dressing room, turned to the boys and asked what they thought of the outfit I had on. They were eager to check me out, and said it was ok, I asked if they would be willing to give me the opinion of the other outfits. They both agreed and said they would, they even offered to find a few more outfits for me to try on. They. She had no doubts her new step-father would LOVE to hear her call him “Daddy”. His eyes were just as active as his son’s and instead of mild curiosity she could see something more hungry there.'See you when you get home darling, and you too Rhys of course, have a nice day at school!' Motherly duties over she left out the side door, off to navigate the mansion’s halls in the direction of the gym, and, Lillian suspected, the handsome young gym instructor not all that much older than Lillian.